Science Resources

A

• Ag in the Classroom Science Activities

Animals

• Migration Games from National Geographic

• Animal Information Search - Sea World

• Animals and Continents - a Think Quest Junior

B

Boat Building and Buoyancy

• Birds - Feathered Friends Lessons from Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• Boat Safe Kids
• Boats: How Stuff Works
• Buoyancy Brainteasers - from PBS
  Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab

C

Chemistry

• //The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe// by Theodore Gray (We have this book. We have two copies. It seems to be a secret though. Should you tell anyone else?)
• Chemistry - Chembalance
• Chemistry - Balancing Chemical Equations
• Chemistry games
• Chemistry NOW - from NBC LEARN. Includes 32 learning packages comprised of videos, documents, images, articles, and lesson plans. Packages examine what chemistry has to do with cheeseburgers, plastic, chocolate, light, and even fear!
• Chemistry - Predicting Products of Reactions

Conservation - See also: Environment

• Acid Rain - Miami Museum of Science
• Coral Reef Interactive Site

D


E

Environment - See also: Conservation

• Environment Health Middle School Web Site
• Environmental Science
• Make a Difference -- Environmental Science

Exercise

• Lifehacker - Exercise Myths

F


G

Games and Challenges

• Game for Science http://www.gameforscience.com/

Genetics

• Learn Genetics: Click and Clone - from the University of Utah

H

Health and Human Body

• What is Diabetes?Be ActiveStay at a healthy weight
• Eat Healthy Foods
• Dealing with the Ups and Downs of Diabetes
• Diabetes
• A to Z List of Topics - National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
• Stress Relief - Just for fun!
• Interactive Digestive System
• Infectious Diseases - There are five MedMyst “Missions” that take 30-45 minutes to complete. Each mission can be played many times depending upon the variables/challenges selected. Each mission involves disease control or microbiology-type challenges. Explore the navigation bar buttons on the left before starting.

I

J

K

L

M

N

O/P

Q/R
General Resources

• http://sciencenetlinks.com/
• http://learningscience.org/

S

T

U/V


Voicethread - a collaborative web 2.0 model

• VoiceThread - PDF Introduction This is what Mrs. Spavins has been looking for her whole life as a professional educator.
• Voicethread Tutorials - Read this and then click on BROWSE to see video tutorials about everything.

W

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Sort links below from Carver Science Web Page 6/27/13

• Web 2.0 Science Tools
• Ag in the Classroom Science Activities
• Environment Health Middle School Web Site
• Learn Genetics: Click and Clone - from the University of Utah
• Science NetLinks - Great resource for science teachers.
• Learningscience.org

Environmental Science

• Environmental Science
• Make a Difference -- Environmental Science

Exercise

• Lifehacker - Exercise Myths

Infectious diseases, germs, and viruses

• Medical Mysteries - There are five MedMyst “Missions” that take 30-45 minutes to complete. Each mission can be played many times depending upon the variables/challenges selected. Each mission involves disease control or microbiology-type challenges. Explore the navigation bar buttons on the left before starting.

Web 2.0 Tools

• VoiceThread - PDF Introduction This is what Mrs. Spavins has been looking for her whole life as a professional educator.
• Voicethread Tutorials - Read this and then click on BROWSE to see video tutorials about everything.